Occupational therapists are essential team members in today‘s health care continuum. They assist persons of all ages who experience problems in their occupational performance of self-care, home management, work, education, or leisure. Such services are provided to individuals through medical, health, and social service community programs. The occupational therapist provides services of assessment, intervention, case management, education, advocacy,...
Occupational therapy practitioners are credentialed professionals who work with individuals and organizations, using occupation in all its forms to help them develop to their fullest potential. Occupations are skills for the job of living, including work/education, self-care and play/leisure. Occupational therapy practitioners work with people of all ages and ability levels in a variety of medical, educational and community settings, providing individual,...
The purpose of the professional program is the preparation of competent occupational therapists who, by virtue of their graduate professional education, can enter the health care field primarily as practitioners, with beginning skills in research, administration, indirect service, and education. The curriculum is based on the premise that students attain competence by learning in collaboration with their peers; by applying what they learn in a classroom...
Occupational therapy enables people to do ''day-to-day'' activities that are important to them despite impairments, activity limitations, or participation restrictions or despite risks for these problems. Occupations are another name for these day-to-day activities.
Occupational therapists work in wide variety of employment settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, hospices, community agencies, mental health agencies, wellness...
PROGRAM The master‘s of science degree occupational therapy is an entry-level degree specifically created for persons with a B.A. or B.S. in another area of study, who meet the admission criteria. The degree program, which can be completed in three years, includes courses in occupational therapy theory and practice, six months of supervised fieldwork and research.
A CAREER IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Occupational therapy is a health and rehabilitation...
Occupational Therapy is the art and science of the analysis and application of meaningful activities to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance; to facilitate learning of those skills and functions essential for adaptation, productivity, and engagement; to diminish or correct pathology; and to promote and maintain health. ’Occupation“ in this context refers to everyday life activities that have meaning and value to the individual. Occupational...
Dominican University of California offers a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) degree for students who have already earned a bachelor's degree in another academic area and are entering at the graduate level. The three-year course of study is designed for individuals with a degree in another field seeking a master‘s degree. Their courses are often combined with the students completing the five-year, combined bachelor and masters program.
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Dominican University of California offers a five-year program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Health Science and the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy with a transfer option.
Students complete most of their general education and all of the pre-OT admission requirements during the first two years of college (lower dividion courses) and begin a focused group of occupational therapy courses in their junior year.
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